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<blockquote data-quote="Warren Allison" data-source="post: 1714765" data-attributes="member: 40587"><p>This report is an average of 20 auction barns on a given week. They publish it once a week. There probably was a 450 lb calf at one of these barns that brought $1.60 last week. A lot brought less and a lot brought more. There was probably a 600 lb calf somewhere that week that brought $1.41 as well. I just watched one online bring $1.82, one brought $1.12, and one brought 98 cents. Dunno what you are getting at, but at about 450 lbs, they will bring the most per pound average. Depending on your cow and bull, you can wean them at that size in 5-6 mos. Some people may wean a little older, and take 500 and 600 lb calves to the sale. It really doesn't cost them anything to keep them that long as they are nursing off momma. The smaller ones bring more, because there are more pounds to add on them by the conditioning lots and then the feed lots,. before they are ready to send to the packers. 90% of the calves you see every week, arriving 1-3 in a trailer, with the occassional HUGE trailer load of nearly 10, are brought that day because that was the day they were able to borrow a neighbors trailer, and/or had some one there to help them load them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Warren Allison, post: 1714765, member: 40587"] This report is an average of 20 auction barns on a given week. They publish it once a week. There probably was a 450 lb calf at one of these barns that brought $1.60 last week. A lot brought less and a lot brought more. There was probably a 600 lb calf somewhere that week that brought $1.41 as well. I just watched one online bring $1.82, one brought $1.12, and one brought 98 cents. Dunno what you are getting at, but at about 450 lbs, they will bring the most per pound average. Depending on your cow and bull, you can wean them at that size in 5-6 mos. Some people may wean a little older, and take 500 and 600 lb calves to the sale. It really doesn't cost them anything to keep them that long as they are nursing off momma. The smaller ones bring more, because there are more pounds to add on them by the conditioning lots and then the feed lots,. before they are ready to send to the packers. 90% of the calves you see every week, arriving 1-3 in a trailer, with the occassional HUGE trailer load of nearly 10, are brought that day because that was the day they were able to borrow a neighbors trailer, and/or had some one there to help them load them. [/QUOTE]
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